Fountain-brush.



. C. H. WARDWELL & R. D. MORRISON.

- FOUNTAIN sRusu APPLICATIONfILED MAR. 9. I9I5.

Patented June 27 .1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT.

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cnanrns n. WARDWELL, or nurmmn, vnnmonr, AND ROBERT D. monnrson, or

FANEUIL, massacnnsn'r'rs. i

FOUNTAIN-BRUSH.

Application filed March 9,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES H. WARD- WELL, of Rutland, in the county of Rutland and State of Vermont, and ROBERT D. MORRISON, of Faneuil, in the county of Suffolk "and State of Massachusetts, both-citizens of the United States, have invented a new and Improved Fountain-Brush, of which the following isa specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

This invention has reference to improvements in devices for containing and applying fluid material of a-suitable consistency and more specifically in devices for containing and applying blacking, known as daubers.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of this nature 'in which interchangeable containers may be used with the applicator. 4

Another object of the invention is to improve the construction of the applicator with reference to the means for supplying material thereto.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following description.

The invention consists in the novel struction of the applicator.

The invention also consists in such other novel features of construction and combination of'parts as shall hereinafter be more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1, represents a side elevation of the improved device the applicator brush or member being exposed. Fig. 2, represents a vertical sectional view of the device taken on line 22 Fig. 3, showing the protecting cap for the applicator member in position. Fig. 3, represents a cross sectional View taken on line 33 Fig. 2. Fig. 4,- represents a, vertical sectional view similar to parts illustrated in Fig. 2, showing a modification of the applicator member. Fig. 5, represents a sectional view. of a portion of the container and its closure.

Similar characters of reference designate} corresponding parts throughout.

As shown in the drawings 6 indicates a cylindrical casing having an open end and screw threaded from said end to the plain cylindrical wall 7 which latter may be con-=- sidered the upper end of said casing. Within this upper end or wall 7 of said casing ;6-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 1915. Serial No. 13,182.

is located the applicator member 8 of a size to closely fit within said wall 7 and having the contracted neck 9 and an axial bore, the

exterior of this member 8 having bristles 10, 10 or other suitable nieans for spreading or applying fluid orsemi-fluid material. The member 8- rests against the screw threadof the casing 6 andis secured in position by bendlng lnward the edge of wall 7 overt-he surface of said member 8. A' cap 11 is pro- V1ded-Wh1Ch fits closely over the wall 7 of easing 6 to protect the bristles 10, '10 from I contact with the hands when the device is not in use.

Extending through the bore .of member 8 and ts neck 9 is the tube 12 which issecured 1n place by the set screw 13 of said neck 9 and has the plunger head 14 furnished with the packing ring 15. This tube 12 is or may be longer than the casing 6 and 1ts head 14, including the packing ring 15, is of smaller dlameter than the interior of said casing 6.

With the applicator devices above descrlbed are supplied interchangeable contalners for the material to be used. These contalners comprise cylindrical members 16 having parallel inner walls for the greater portion of their-lengths and of a diameter to closely receive the head 14 with its pack-v ing ring 15. At their open ends these containers have exterior screw threads 17 which are adapted to be closely received by the inner screw thread of casing 6. As supplied these containers are provided with closures 18 which have screw threads to receive the screw threads 17 of the containers.

In Fig. 4 is shown a modified construction of the applicator member 8 .in which modified form-pieces of felt 19, 19 are substituted for the bristles 10, 10 and it is J une 2'7, 1916.

evident that these pieces of felt may be arranged in any desirable manner.

In preparation for use the closure 18 of a container is removed and the screw thread plunger head 14. Further rotative movement of the container will now result in subject-ing the material therein to pressure,

between said container and the plunger head 110 tainer advances in said casing sufficiently .to bring the material in contact with the 14, whereby a supply of such material may be forced through the .tube to the upper or outer end of the applicator member 8 where such material is received by the bristles 10, 10 or other, spreading devices.

It is of course evident that the cap 11 must be removed before the applicator can be used to apply the material. Owing to the long close sliding fit of this cap on the wall 7 air is'excluded from the bristles 10, 10 so that the surplus material retained by these bristles after use does not, usually, become dry.

Having thus described our invention we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentr 1. A fountain' brush comprising a cylindrical casing having an open end and an internal screw thread extending" from said open end, a brush fixedly embraced by one end of said casing and having a central bore, a tube secured at one end in said bore, and

having at its other end a plunger head, and

a container having a parallel Wall to closely receive said plunger head and an exterior screw thread, of larger diameter than said parallel wall, to be received by said internal screw thread of said casing.

2. A fountain brush comprising a brush head having a central bore, a tube adjustably and removably clamped in said bore and having at one end a plunger head, a container having a parallel wall to closely receive said plunger head, and an outer casing, said container and said casing having complemental screw threads.

CHARLES H. WARDWELL. ROBERT D. MORRISON. Witnesses to signatures of Charles H. Wardwell:

JAMES A. MERRILL, v ARTHUR H. SMITH. Witnesses to signature of Robert D. Morrison:

FREDERICK D. NICHOLS, ESTHER O. MURPHY. 

